Wow another week has passed already! This month is just flying by! Before I start with the things I'm grateful for last week I wanted to say a Happy Belated Birthday to my mom (it was Friday!) And no I didn't forget - Kayla called and we sang happy birthday to her while she was having lunch with a friend :)
1. On Friday Joe had to bring his truck in to get a few things looked at. He called me with the bad news that it would cost just under $1000 to get everything done that needed to be done. Needless to say this put me in a bad mood. This is NOT what I needed to hear this close to Christmas. So I tried to find something to be grateful about instead of being so negative about it. For one at least the truck didn't break down while he was driving, and for two at least this was on Fri - payday thank goodness!
2. Our last MOPS meeting of this year was on Tues. My secret sister gave me a Willow Tree angel (Friendship) - I collect these and didn't have this one yet so I was thrilled to get it.
3. The Community Center on base puts on an annual Children's International Festival. Dancers from the Mescalero tribe performed, there were tables for Asian-Pacific, Hispanic, German and African-American cultures. The kids go around to each table and get a stamp or sticker for their passport and on the way out they get a goodie bag. We enjoy the Asian-Pacific room for their yummy food samples (egg rolls, noodles, rice, chicken) and then we go to the German room for all the yummy desserts - cakes, pies, streudels etc.
4. I'm grateful for Random Acts of Kindess. Yesterday we had a knock at our door and when Kalya answered it there was a boy with a plateful of baked goods saying "Merry Christmas!" I asked Joe if he recognized the kid or the name that was on the tag but he didn't. We peeked out the window and saw a mom with 3 kids going door-to-door handing out these plates of delicious baked goods. What a nice and generous suprise that was! I don't think people really do that much anymore, so it really touched me.
4. We have an annual zoo pass and last night they had a members only (plus guests) Holiday Evening Enchantment where you walk through zoo to see all the light displays, listen to a chorus and the high school orchestra, then enjoy some cookies and hot beverages. We invited Kayla's buddy (and parents too!) to come as our guests. It was a nice night - thank goodness not to cold to be out and enjoy it! Here are some pictures of the evening (where we also ran into the givers of the cookies from earlier in the day so we were able to introduce ourselves)
Waiting for Harrison to arrive
Getting up close and personal with the display
Time for a cookie break!
Catching a ride on their daddy's shoulders
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Wow another week has passed already! This month is just flying by! Before I start with the things I'm grateful for last week I wanted to say a Happy Belated Birthday to my mom (it was Friday!) And no I didn't forget - Kayla called and we sang happy birthday to her while she was having lunch with a friend :)
1. On Friday Joe had to bring his truck in to get a few things looked at. He called me with the bad news that it would cost just under $1000 to get everything done that needed to be done. Needless to say this put me in a bad mood. This is NOT what I needed to hear this close to Christmas. So I tried to find something to be grateful about instead of being so negative about it. For one at least the truck didn't break down while he was driving, and for two at least this was on Fri - payday thank goodness!
2. Our last MOPS meeting of this year was on Tues. My secret sister gave me a Willow Tree angel (Friendship) - I collect these and didn't have this one yet so I was thrilled to get it.
3. The Community Center on base puts on an annual Children's International Festival. Dancers from the Mescalero tribe performed, there were tables for Asian-Pacific, Hispanic, German and African-American cultures. The kids go around to each table and get a stamp or sticker for their passport and on the way out they get a goodie bag. We enjoy the Asian-Pacific room for their yummy food samples (egg rolls, noodles, rice, chicken) and then we go to the German room for all the yummy desserts - cakes, pies, streudels etc.
4. I'm grateful for Random Acts of Kindess. Yesterday we had a knock at our door and when Kalya answered it there was a boy with a plateful of baked goods saying "Merry Christmas!" I asked Joe if he recognized the kid or the name that was on the tag but he didn't. We peeked out the window and saw a mom with 3 kids going door-to-door handing out these plates of delicious baked goods. What a nice and generous suprise that was! I don't think people really do that much anymore, so it really touched me.
4. We have an annual zoo pass and last night they had a members only (plus guests) Holiday Evening Enchantment where you walk through zoo to see all the light displays, listen to a chorus and the high school orchestra, then enjoy some cookies and hot beverages. We invited Kayla's buddy (and parents too!) to come as our guests. It was a nice night - thank goodness not to cold to be out and enjoy it! Here are some pictures of the evening (where we also ran into the givers of the cookies from earlier in the day so we were able to introduce ourselves)
Waiting for Harrison to arrive
Getting up close and personal with the display
Time for a cookie break!
Catching a ride on their daddy's shoulders
Visit Christine for more Grains of Gratitude